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http://www.kenrockwell.com/sl/history.htm:

The steering wheel automatically moved out of the way when you opened the door, a boon for fat people.
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my SL does not do this.... Our jaguar does it tho. is there a way to make my SL tilt the steering wheel away when i get out? i would really like it to do this.... is there somethign wrong with my car?
 
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Don't think this is accurate. I've owned two and driven few others (SL), and never seen such thing.
 
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o darn, i was really hoping there was just something wrong... lol
 
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